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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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